Grand Princess - Toiletries Change?

[weatherman46]

We have recently got back from an Hawaiian cruise on the Grand Princess. About a week into the cruise shower gel and shampoo dispensers where fitted in many of the showers on the ship, and on the last they where filled. I assume this means the end of the little bottles of toiletries.

Does anyone know if this is happening on all Princess ships?

[Coral]

Is Shampoo and Gel the same thing in these dispensers?

[whatcruiseisnext]

All the ships will eventually be fitted with them. They first came out with them on the Royal and we were told that they would be going fleetwide. It is NOT the same shampoo that was in the little bottles. It is a shampoo/conditioner that is fragrance free in one large bottle and a shower gel in another. The room steward always kept them full. Still had the bars of soap for the sink and a tube of fragrance free lotion as well.

Edited November 19, 2013 by whatcruiseisnext

[jackieo]

Oh that's good as we liked the dispensers on the Royal. Does anyone know if the island is fitted with them yet. We sail in February.

[roomba920]

Is this a shampoo/conditioner combo, or are they separate?

[madjohn]

I was on the Golden about 2 weeks ago and they fitted our cabin with the dispensers as well.

[san diego sue]

ON the Royal, I liked the bath gel , but not the Shampoo-conditioner combo.

[geoherb]

I had hoped that Princess wouldn't be following this trend. We had the dispensers on a Carnival cruise. I hated them. It was a good thing I had a couple of bottles of Princess shampoo and conditioner in my Dopp kit.

[Homosassa]

The Coral Princess was fitted with the dispensers during our 10/24 cruise. The bottles were filled on our last day, ready for the next cruise.

[Pam in CA]

Is this a shampoo/conditioner combo, or are they separate?

It is a shampoo/conditioner combo. I brought my own on the Royal's T/A last month. Here's what the dispensers look like (with my stuff stored on top.) I don't use shower gel and refuse to use anything from a dispenser like that so I plan to just use that space for extra storage.

 

[AKman2495]

I am just off the Caribbean Princess and we had them in our shower. One shower gel and the other was the shampoo/conditioner combo. I was happy to see them as I prefer them over the little bottles they had.

[caribill]

I am just off the Caribbean Princess and we had them in our shower. One shower gel and the other was the shampoo/conditioner combo. I was happy to see them as I prefer them over the little bottles they had.

 

The problem is that you have no way of knowing if a previous cruiser has tampered with the contents.

[SewLady]

Oh that's good as we liked the dispensers on the Royal. Does anyone know if the island is fitted with them yet. We sail in February.

 

We just got off the Island last week, and no dispensers yet.

[CruisinContessa]

The problem is that you have no way of knowing if a previous cruiser has tampered with the contents.

 

I take all my own little specialty bottles, anyway. This is one "freebie" that I pass on.:cool:

[RickEk]

The problem is that you have no way of knowing if a previous cruiser has tampered with the contents.

 

IMHO, that's a bit paranoid. If the contents were tampered with, they'd know who did it... :):rolleyes:

 

Conversely, I'm sure the room stewards didn't change out the little bottles if they were still full from the previous voyage... they could have been tampered with as well.

 

And, I can see why the change... they're going to save a ton of money not having to purchase all those little bottles. Fine with me... Sea Princess has had the dispensers for years now!

[AKman2495]

The problem is that you have no way of knowing if a previous cruiser has tampered with the contents.

 

That thought never entered my mind. One, because I was thrilled seeing a bigger shower than the one we had on the Coral. Two, because they looked lie brand new bottles. And three, I cannot imagine anyone spending over a thousand dollars to get on a ship to tamper with the shower gel bottles, that are apparently new-and may have been installed just prior to our cruise.

 

:confused:

[Kinkacruiser]

Lovely idea. I haven't seen this set up to date but can see benefits:

-no more soap accidents ;)

-easier dispensing of shampoo (little bottles weren't particularly 'squeezable')

-cost saving and less plastic waste

 

I hope to see this on the Emerald next June :)

[pusywillow]

Some hotels have started this practice as well.

[DMRick]

I'm tickled that they are going fragrance free. The shampoos they had were so smelly that I found myself sneezing as I followed freshly showered people. The tons of perfume so many woman wear is bad enough (I'm told that as we get older our smellers go and people just don't realize how much scent they are wearing), so this will help keep the scent factor down..the elevators on dress up night are really tight to breath in!

We loved staying in Vancouver where both of our hotels supplied really nice fragrance free products!

[whatcruiseisnext]

We loved them on the Royal. We just got off the Caribbean Princess repo on Nov 5 and they weren't installed there yet. Glad they have them now! Our next cruise is on the Emerald. Does anyone know if they are on there yet?

[whatcruiseisnext]

Is this a shampoo/conditioner combo, or are they separate?

 

 

It is a shampoo/conditioner combo in one bottle and the shower gel in the other.

[whatcruiseisnext]

The problem is that you have no way of knowing if a previous cruiser has tampered with the contents.

 

Paranoid???:confused::rolleyes::)

 

They looked like they would be pretty difficult to get into and certainly something that I wouldn't think anyone would want to do. If I was worried/paranoid I would have been more worried about using the little individual bottles that are recycled. I have been in cabins before where the shampoo/lotion/conditioner obviously had some gone from it. It would have been much easier to "tamper" with the contents of those than with the dispensers on the wall that are now being installed.

[Pam in CA]

The problem is that you have no way of knowing if a previous cruiser has tampered with the contents.

While I'm not concerned about tampering, they have an "ick" factor for me and practically scream, "Cheap, cheap, cheap!" There's nothing classy or pampered feeling if you are literally sharing containers of shampoo/conditioner and gel with all of the passengers before and after you.

[FritzG]

While I'm not concerned about tampering, they have an "ick" factor for me and practically scream, "Cheap, cheap, cheap!" There's nothing classy or pampered feeling if you are literally sharing containers of shampoo/conditioner and gel with all of the passengers before and after you.

 

I agree. That's like checking into a hotel and finding a used bar of soap in the shower. I'm glad I always bring my own soap and shampoo with me.

[bdjam]

While I'm not concerned about tampering, they have an "ick" factor for me and practically scream, "Cheap, cheap, cheap!" There's nothing classy or pampered feeling if you are literally sharing containers of shampoo/conditioner and gel with all of the passengers before and after you.

 

I'm on the fence. While I agree with Pam - soap dispensers remind me of the gym and it would be nice to have nice soaps and shampoos - there is also the fact that this should help to reduce some plastic waste which is environmentally friendly. The "re-use" issue could apply to the dispensers as well as the bottles/soaps that we used to get. But having a dispenser hanging on the wall just seems tacky. And the available room in the shower is limited as it is.

Edited November 19, 2013 by bdjam